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Does anybody know what will happen to the memory of myField1 after the
dealloc myField1_p statement?  Does it become available for used?   

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------
D myField1        s             10    based(myField1_p)
D myField2        s             10    based(myField2_p)
                                                       
 /free                                                 
                                                       
  // allocate and inz field1                           
  myField1_p = %alloc(%size(myField1));                
  myField1 = 'AAAA';                                   
                                                       
  // make field2 same as field1                        
  myField2_p = myField1_p;                             
                                                       
  // dealloc field1, what happen to the memory (does it become
available?)
  // myField2 is still pointint to this memory location?        
  dealloc myField1_p;                                  
                                   
  // I'm still able to use it.  
  // Will the memory get use by other alloc operation because of above
dealloc? 
  myField2 = %trim(myField2) + 'BBB';                  
                                                       
  *inlr = *on;                                         
                                                       
 /end-free                                             


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